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Failure to meet market expectations here will reinforce the market perception that the peak in US rates is clear, putting the dollar under renewed pressure.


Ian Stannard

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ADAM MYERS The U.S. dollar is being held firm by short-term rate expectations and until there is some sign of v...
ADAM MYERS The statement fueled market expectations that the Fed will further increase interest rates.
HIROKI SHIMAZU The higher that rates go from here, the more the bond market needs to respond to them. The bond mark...
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ETHAN HARRIS This large inflow is an important prop for the Treasury market, helping keep yields in their current...
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DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) Given broad expectations that the yuan will at least appreciate to 7.8 against the dollar by the yea...
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EDWARD MENASHY You'll see the market under enormous pressure,
JEFFREY BERMAN While we expect market conditions to remain challenging, we...anticipate an acceleration in business...
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DARAGH MAHER The U.S. labor market continues to tighten and the implication is the Fed will need to raise rates. ...
GAVIN FRIEND The market is wondering whether U.S. growth can maintain the current rate, and a weaker reading than...
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BORIS SCHLOSSBERG The market is likely to go into a pre-jobs stall, from here on. If payrolls don't perform as the mar...
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HENRY BECKER The market has got itself into a far-too-dovish spot given the tone of the Fed-speak. There is poten...
STEVE PEARSON it was more like two scared kids huddling in the dark when they knew the monster under the bed wasn'...
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GERHARD SCHWARZ The market is taking the very superficial view that the Fed is about to stop lifting rates and hence...
ASHLEY DAVIES We're not rushing into a market and then under-deliver on customer expectations.
MARTIN COLES Now is the only time we have, and the only time that we have any control over.
RICHARD CARLSON Long-term U.S. interest rates have risen as the market has started to price in the likelihood that t...
MASAMICHI KOIKE Soaring gold and oil prices will be accompanied by soaring interest rates and inflation. The conveni...
DAN DENNING As the market now feels that any interest rate hikes in the US will come to an end with the Federal ...
KAZUYUKI KATO All these factors create apprehension in the market and reinforce the view that we're on a knife's e...
DANIEL HYNES There's been dollar weakness as people have scaled back rate expectations. The market has got the im...
ARMIN MEKELBURG The market is increasingly seeing a risk that the Fed pauses in its rate cycle -- not only that but ...
ADAM COLE The market is trying to find a reason to sell the dollar.
MANFRED WOLF Under Reagan came the idea of putting your pension plan in the stock market, which wasn't a guar...
MICHAEL MOORE The market is losing reasons to buy the dollar. The end of an interest-rate-driven market may be dra...
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STEPHEN COVEY I do anticipate a stronger dollar in the weeks ahead, putting pressure on gold.
RALPH PRESTON That kind of news will spook the market and we will hear more of it because we're at the peak earnin...
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ANDY SEGAL The strength across all labor-market indicators does suggest the Fed will likely raise rates in Marc...
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JANE FOLEY The joint venture puts us in a clear cost-leadership position in a mature market,
GERARD KLEISTERLEE The market is responding very directly to interest rates as kind of a one-dimensional thing -- fearf...
GAIL DUDACK Now is the only time we have, and the only time we have any control over.
RICHARD CARLSON The Australian dollar will be under a little more pressure. I can't see a changed policy.
ALEX SINTON The good news is that a competitive dollar in the global market and a strong dollar at home are comp...
MARTIN FELDSTEIN The market is being driven by a pickup in economic growth expectations,
BEN FUNNELL The flip side is that mortgage interest rates are now in decline, which will give the market a littl...
HOWARD MORLEY There is no short term supply pressure in the market.
ANTOINE HALFF The market is very stressed out. But now it is hoping that the Central Bank changes its stance in fa...
RENATO LOBO Yet, with the underlying sentiment toward the dollar being shaky at the moment, the trade report cou...
YASUHISA ISHIDA SAP is the clear market leader in the U.S. Acquisitions won't be able to change that.
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DANIEL NEGRISORI It is clear that the market growth has been strong.
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IAN MACKAYE I was into Ted Nugent, I was a Nugent guy. I was a skateboarder listening to Ted Nugent.
IAN MACKAYE Yeah, if someone's selling downloads and collecting money for our songs I would be unhappy about...
IAN MACKAYE Basically we just created our own label, but again we just did it to document our own music and crea...
IAN MACKAYE I consider the guitar a tool for the most part. I do pick up the acoustic now and then, I certainly ...
IAN MACKAYE I have thousands of tapes, and photos and fliers, letters, posters, artwork - basically everything t...
IAN MACKAYE I feel completely fortunate to have this outlet for something I don't really feel like I have a ...
IAN MACKAYE I stand behind all the lyrics I've ever written; I don't have a problem with that.
IAN MACKAYE What I find interesting as a 40-year-old is the idea of trying to be a part of a pronounced, continu...
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